3.12 23-0446 Subject: Proposition 64 Cohort 3 Grant For Cannabis Program From: Economic And Workforce Development Department Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To: (1) Apply For And Accept Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) In State Of California, Proposition 64 Public Health And Safety Grant Program Cohort Three Funds ("Proposition 64 Cohort Three Grant"); And (2) Appropriate The Proposition 64 Cohort Three Grant Funds By: (A) Awarding Grants In An Amount Not To Exceed One-Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) Per Grant For Cannabis Applicants And Licensees, To Be Determined And Without Return To Council, To Fund Security Measures For Such Businesses, In A Cumulative Amount Not To Exceed Two Million Two Hundred And Sixty Thousand Dollars ($2,260,000); And (B) Funding One Or More Agreements To Be Awarded After A Competitive Request For Proposals Process And In An Amount Not To Exceed Two Hundred And Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($225,000) Per Agreement For A Public Awareness Campaign To Support Equity-Owned Cannabis Businesses; And (C) Funding An Agreement To Be Awarded After A Competitive Request For Proposals Process And In An Amount Not To Exceed Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000) For A Grant Evaluation; And (D) Funding The Administration Of The Proposition 64 Cohort Three Grant In An Amount Not To Exceed Four Hundred And Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($435,000); On The June 13, 2023 Community And Economic Development Committee Agenda